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Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Return of little windmill requested

This letter is for the person or persons who stole my little red windmill out of my front yard on 61st Street. I hope you cut yourself while you pulled it out of its place. If you had come to my door and asked me for it, I would have gladly given it to you because apparently you needed it more than me, since you had to stoop so low as to steal it right from under me.

Do the right thing, return it and no questions asked.

JOSIE PUENTE/Lubbock

Heath care reform tactic unfair

While we definitely need some health care reform, let's think through the tactics the president and some in Congress are wanting to use to pass the health care bill called budget reconciliation. This process requires a simple majority of more than 50 percent to pass a bill.

Passage initially required a 60 percent margin in the Senate because Republicans and some Democrats were employing a tactic called filibustering. Finally Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson was allowed "special favors" for his state in return for his vote and the bill passed.

Now in President Obama's present form, Nebraska's "special favors" are removed from the bill. The president wants a greater than 50 percent vote to allow passage of the revisions.

If a simple majority vote allows passage, isn't what happened like offering your dog a treat for obedience and then sticking the treat in your pocket? Or ... offering a job to someone and after they quit their old job, retracting your offer? That's mean in the puppy world and fraud in the business world.